Taking a break?

Authorities removed 439 children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado based on allegations of sexual abuse related to underage marriages.

Jeffs and Jessop argue authorities violated members’ religious rights with a sweeping seizure of documents, photographs and electronic equipment. The warrants were so broad they “literally allowed the search of an entire neighborhood.”

They also say officers knew before entering the ranch that neither the man accused of abuse nor his alleged victim were there.

The state asks Walther to deny the FLDS claims since no charges have been filed against either Jeffs or Jessop and they thus have no standing in the case. Nor does the church, which does not own the ranch, the state argues.
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